Volume 3 Mending the Cracks in the Sky Chapter 144 (8)

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The sun was setting in the west, the sky was gradually darkening, and the wind was getting louder and stronger, rolling up the dust and sand in the sky, like a black blanket, firmly wrapped in the sky above the land east of the river. Being in the middle of it, it makes people feel breathless.

At this moment, no matter who you are, you know that a summer rain is already coming.

Thousands of soldiers and horses stood by the roadside, each busy with their own business.

Most of the officers and soldiers of the army were mainly men and horses of the Divine Guard, or they were resting and reuniting in the fortified camps, or they were rushing to build all kinds of tools, and some were sent out to guard along the road, and even followed the transfer of ordnance and baggage to the west.

The minfu were the main force that was more numerous, repairing roads, building camps, transporting baggage, and engaged in these trivial and hard matters in the army, and there was no doubt that at least fifty or sixty thousand people were recruited and hired from the left side of Taiyuan Prefecture.

There are more than 10,000 people, boundless and bankless, not to mention tens of thousands of people on a river valley avenue in the middle of this group of mountains!

These people in Hedong were covered in gray sweat. or in the construction of the village, or in the push of the heavy chicken cart on the way. Trampling on the dust, the whole world turned into a yellow patch.

The people in the army or the local petty officials who led and dispatched these people also wore backshoes and short clothes and followed the team, also sweating like rain and having a weathered face. Although he didn't have to push a cart to drive horses to do hard labor, he shouted hoarsely every day, and his throat was bleeding.

Xiao Yan, the king of Yan, after getting the news that the Yan Yan army and the Zhejia army were marching eastward a few days ago. It makes people feel that the mobilization army is quite hasty and marches westward. Fight along the defensive lines set up by the Jurchen Tartars. The entire Hedong battlefield followed suit.

Such weather. Such a road, being in the army, is naturally a chore. But everyone is gritting their teeth and insisting, only hoping that the Western Army and the Yanwang Army will advance on both sides, and they can bury the military horses of the Jurchen Tartars who went south and deep into the east of the river as soon as possible, and restore peace as soon as possible!

Although the two armies of Shenwu and Longwei under the command of King Yan are all capable of conscription. And the Divine Guard Army that came from Gyeonggi was even more magnificent, and the soldiers and horses were hoarded like clouds. It is even more famous that King Yan has always won all battles. The whole east of the river is counting on the army of King Yan once it is dispatched. You will be able to do whatever you want, and you will be able to report the red flag all the way!

But although he fought a great victory of beheading two or three thousand under Lou Fu City, after all, he still fought in the field according to the city. Once the army of King Yan switched from defense to attack and went to fight the defense line set up by the Jurchen Tartars taking advantage of the dangerous terrain in the east of the river, the situation turned upside down.

Now the war is going on, but it is the elite under the command of King Yan who is struggling to move forward in the mountains and valleys, fighting hard all the way!

The experience of the polemic array is rich, and the generals are high. These people from the Jurchen small tribe of Zong Han's department are still more than most of the nobles of the Eastern Route Army. Although the most commonly used tactic has always been to fight with iron horses, it is rare to fight defensive battles. But it just wasn't needed back then.

Now it is necessary to block the road to the west of Xiao Yan's department. Under Zong Han, he also followed two roads westward into the river valley. Set up a heavy military village, dig a deep and long trench, use how many strong bows and crossbows, and defend the village to the death!

The continuous terrain of the mountains in the east of the river is general for both sides, as long as they are firm and capable of fighting military horses, it is conducive to defense and not conducive to attack.

Once the Jurchens rely on the terrain to intercept the village, the army will only be able to attack all the way through the battle!

In the past few days, the forward department suffered a lot of injuries, and there were very few Jurchen Tartar military villages. It's only been more than ten miles since I advanced, and if I want to hit Yifang City, I don't know how much time it will take and how many heavy casualties I will pay!

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In the middle of the yellow dust, I saw a team of people slowly retreating from the front. This team of men and horses is under the banner of the Dragon Guard, and there are about 400 people, and it is the establishment of a command.

However, seeing the appearance of this commander of the Chinese army, the soldiers and men who were flowing on the side of the road couldn't help but gasp.

For no other reason, the officers and soldiers under this command looked really majestic.

Everyone is up and down eight feet, with broad shoulders and waists, like an iron tower. Everyone had a walking horse, but very few rode on it, and all of them walked on their own feet. However, every horse is extremely burdened, and there are huge armor bags on the saddle, and when you look at that volume, you know that there are at least two or three heavy armor collars in the armor bag! These giants rode up again, but I was afraid that these horses would be crushed and crushed.

In addition to the horses assigned to each person, the team was followed by the Taiping chariots, each of which had deep ruts, and the mules and horses pulling the carts were also sweating profusely. There were stacks on the Taiping carts, all of which were thick and long blades, either giant axes or long knives refined by the Bianliang Arsenal. The steel blade was covered in chips and blood, and it was obvious that it had experienced a bitter battle.

These hundreds of giants marched in a line in the smoke and dust, just like hundreds of giant spirits acting together. Although he looked quite tired and depressed, this kind of momentum also made both the sergeants and the people in the road avoid the road, and they didn't dare to take a second look.

On the side of the road, there is a team of light cavalry of the Divine Guard Army responsible for patrolling the sentry, and the leading army will be from Xihe Xuanfeng, who has been in the army for a long time and has a lot of experience. His eyes lit up when he saw this team, but he knew the origin of this military horse. It is a rare formation of heavy armor in the Western Army now!

The general hit his horse to meet him, and when he found the commander of the heavily armored soldiers who were walking in front of the team, he turned over and dismounted from a distance, and clasped his fists: "This brother is invited!" Huang Xin of the Sprinkle family is the eighth commander of the front compartment of the Divine Guard. Brother Tai's department, but the Dragon Guard's? Where are you going? ”

When the commander of the heavily armored soldiers heard his accent, his face actually showed a hint of joy, and when he spoke again, it was also a Kansai accent, and even had a strong Qinzhou flavor, and the two of them were out-and-out. They are all from Xihe!

"Isn't it the Yellow General who swept away the chaos on the three mountains in one night! Sprinkle the house item charge. It turned out that he was also from Xihe. Because of the evil boss, he left Qinzhou. At that time, the Hun family was not dead, and his wife was in Suide, so he went to the Huanqing army to eat. At that time, I heard about my brother's reputation! ”

When he met someone from Xihe, Huang Xin was also delighted, grinned, stepped forward and grabbed Xiang Chong's arm: "Brother Xiang's reputation, I have also heard of it." That day, it was our famous infantry warrior in Xihe! I didn't expect to meet here! ”

He had really heard of this fame, and the rising star of the Xihe army who was good at foot combat, made regimental cards, giant axes, two-handed sabers, spears, throwing spears, one-handed long knives, stepping hammers, and long sticks. People give the nickname Eight Arms Neck. Because he couldn't get used to seeing his boss, he even sold military weapons such as the divine arm bow to the western thieves in the return to Yi, and he overstepped the level and denounced it. As a result, he couldn't survive in the Xihe army and could only leave. Many people laughed at this person that day, but they didn't expect to go around and around and become the commander of the heavily armored soldiers in the Dragon Guard!

Huang Xinjun, a senior general, how he doesn't know how to organize the heavily armored trapping soldiers is the treasure of the generals of the first army. The Dragon Guard Army is one of the old foundations of King Yan, and now he has only just selected Feng from Xihe as a general to be incorporated into the Divine Guard Army, compared to Xiang Chong, although they are all sent by commanders, but this status is far from the same!

Dao Zuo met Xihe fellow countrymen, and both of them had smiles on their faces. Huang Xin pondered for a moment, and then asked, "When did the brother go up, and why did he retire again?" ”

Xiang Chong waved his hand to stop the team for a while, and said with a smile: "Let's talk about this later, let's step back and say that we want to go to Jiasanzhai to rest and recuperate." The Hedong sergeant who didn't want to lead the way was scattered in the middle of the road, and he was about to ask his brother, where is Jia Sanzhai? ”

Huang Xin smiled: "Do you still need to ask about this?" I'll send a few horsemen to take you there. But I don't know how long my brother will come down to rest? We won't go out on patrol tomorrow, if we have time, we will come to find my brother to take a look. ”

Xiang Chong was about to say a few kind words, and a giant man walked out of the heavily armored formation team behind him, half a head taller than him, who was already eight feet taller! The two empty hands are like a fan, although the face is simple, but such a body shape is amazing!

He was stunned and said to Xiang Chong: "General, our general order is to go to Jiasanzhai to rest before dark, what are you doing in the middle of the road now?" ”

Xiang Chong smiled, and his smile was very modest: "Aren't you looking for someone to ask for directions?" This is the commander of the Divine Guard, and he sent someone to lead us. You lead the team first, and I'll have a little chat with Commander Huang here, and ask about the situation later. ”

The giant man nodded silently, and Huang Xin, who was listening to the side, immediately beckoned two patrol riders, and led the team to the direction of Jiasanzhai again. Xiang Chong stopped there, ready to talk to this fellow countryman.

Huang Xin is concerned about the battle in front of him, he is a systematic general, and he is also a fellow countryman, so there is nothing to be polite. He asked again.

Xiang Chong sighed: "We went up last night, taking advantage of the night to approach the formation, wanting to wait for the sky to be clear, grab it under the cover of a strong bow and a hard crossbow, cut through the fence, and lead the army to kill in." Not to mention the Jurchen Tartar arrows of the straight lady thief raining down, how many of our rolling wooden lime bottles will come, only to smash them down condescendingly! We grabbed it with three layers of armor and cut open the fence, and as a result, at least one or two thousand Jurchen horsemen were killed in the military village behind us to intercept our flanks! We rode up to catch up, and after a scuffle, and with our hard work, we finally snatched the bird village. But it's just past noon today, and I can't fight again. Our commander is expensive, and we can't be every village, so we just ask to retreat and take a breath. ”

Huang Xin frowned and asked, "Just robbed a stockade and came down?" ”

Xiang Chong still sighed: "The Jurchen Tartar is not soft!" We all had a huge axe before we grabbed one and fished out more than 200 beheadings. The front is overlapped, and under Yifang City, there are at least dozens of military villages! I don't want to retreat, King Yan is in front, can I still fight without strength? However, Shangguan said that it is not easy to raise our military horses, and we can't waste them no matter how we live. I can only come down and rest for a fucking rest first. ”

Huang Xin's face changed, he was no better than Xiang Chong and other upstarts who were suddenly promoted, he had been immersed in the army for a long time, and he also had a family inheritance. The battle situation can be seen more clearly.

This time, he suddenly sent troops to the west, saying that he was going to go to the Yan Yan army and the Zhejia army to join forces under Yifang City, and destroy the Jurchen Tartars and Lanzhou. But no matter how you look at it, Liu Guangshi and they suddenly went east, with the Yellow River behind them, and there was no stable connection. King Yan was afraid that the Yan army would suffer a loss, so he waved his army to advance!

But even if the two ways use Shenwu and Longwei elites. It's been a tough one. Even treasures such as heavily armored trap soldiers were pulled into battle to attack the village, and the advance speed did not increase much. And King Yan is still supervising the battle in front, which shows his eagerness for the development of the military situation in front of him, is he really worried that the Yan Yan army will collapse soon?

Once the Jurchens were defeated, the Yan army collapsed. I don't know how much more room for maneuver of the Hanxi Route Army is. It will be difficult for King Yan to find a decisive battle. Originally, it was not straight to hold on to the Jurchen Western Route Army, so it was just a matter of fighting slowly. Behind the side of Hebei, there is also a larger Jurchen East Route Army, and I don't know that it is just a Tianwu army. How long can it hold up over there!

But how can you say that the Yan Yanjun is also one of the six roads of the Western Army, plus there is still a way to ask for the help of this general, it won't collapse so quickly?

Now that he has joined the Divine Guard, Huang Xin has some benefits, and he will serve whoever he eats. At this time, he couldn't help but pray secretly, Yan Yanjun hoped that he could show some ability to come out and support the arrival of King Yan's eastward army!

Xiang Chong had a military order, and he really didn't have time to talk to Huang Xin much, so he just arched his hand: "Brother, I'll go now." After this big war. If you are still alive, you can find your brother to eat and drink. ”

Huang Xin nodded in return. Suddenly remembered something, so he pulled Xiang Chong, lowered his voice and said, "Who is that bird man just now?" My brother is a commander, how can I be polite to him? How long has I led the troops, and no matter how sympathetic my brother is to his subordinates, he will always be heavy-handed, how can he let people climb to the top? ”

Xiang Chong smiled bitterly: "Is that an ordinary person?" followed Yue Wushu to Yingzhou City to fight a lonely bloody battle, King Yan came to see it in person, and immediately became a small envoy, and now he is in my camp as a Marquis Yu, called Yang Deis. Such a person, how can I not give three points of affection? But this Yang De is an honest man, except for admitting death, he has no other thoughts, and he is even more brave when he is in battle, only above me, this is more than my brother mentioned, but please rest assured that I can save it. ”

Huang Xin's words were simple and profound, even if he said it in the face of his fellow countrymen, Xiang Chong replied very sincerely. The two looked at each other, but felt that the hometown affection was deeper.

Huang Xin arched his hand: "See you before the battle!" ”

Before Xiang Chong could answer, he heard the wind sound even stronger, rolling up dust and sand, and even made a ghostly crying sound in the road!

Both of them turned their heads to look, and saw smoke and dust coming like a wall, and the air was dozens of feet high. And after the smoke and dust, it was still dusk, and the dark clouds rolled over, and the electric light tore through the thick dust!

How many people are roaring, and whether it is a general or an official who leads the team, their faces are pale, and a summer rainstorm is coming. This endless flow of troops in the mountains does not know how much trouble it will encounter, and it is even more afraid that the water will rise and flash floods, and the whole army will be trapped here at that time, unable to move!

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Lightning fluttered overhead like a dragon, thunder rang out, and at first it was still rolling muffled in the sky, but now it was like a sound, a fierce sound!

Under such heavenly might, the thousands of Dragon Guard soldiers and horses who were still on the front line stopped all the deployment adjustments prepared for tomorrow's battle, turned to strengthen the camp, and left the low place to deal with the coming and amazing rainstorm.

Between heaven and earth, although it had not yet fallen, it was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and the wind howled and swept away, raising dust and sand in all directions. Only the lightning flashed and briefly illuminated the mountains and rivers in all directions, illuminating the Hedong battlefield where the hedgehog gathered hundreds of thousands of soldiers such as Shenwu Longwei Shenwei Yanzhujia Hewai Army and Jurchen West Route Army!

Xiao Yan immediately said to the left, watching the army move rapidly, his banner was hunting and dancing in the wind behind him, as if he would be torn off from the flagpole at any time.

According to the latest military information, the Yan Yan army has already taken over Hehe County, and it is already relied on, and it seems that its position has stabilized. Although he still refused to contact Xiao Yan, he was finally safer, and Xiao Yan seemed to be able to breathe a little easier. The main force of the Jurchen Western Route Army has already been pressed to the Yifang area, and the room for maneuver is narrow, as if it is ready to wait for the final decisive battle.

However, this sudden power of heaven and earth made Xiao Yan only have a huge sense of foreboding!

Xiao Yan suddenly turned his head and said sharply to Zong Ze, who had a white beard fluttering behind him: "Wanyan Lou's office, where is it now?" Are you still in front of Han Shizhong? ”

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To the north of the Lan Army, Wan Yan Lou also looked up at the lightning flying overhead, and the dark clouds rolling.

A rainstorm is coming. Although under the torrential rain, the movements of the Jurchen and Nanren armies had to be difficult. However, in the middle of the river valley road, the southern army, which will also be affected by the rising water and mountain floods, is even more hindered!

If the rain is enough, whether it is the Nanren Shenwu Army that came from the cave valley village, or the main force led by the prince of Nayan who came from Lou Fu, they will not be able to move for a period of time!

And the main force of his Lou room can be resolutely transferred to fight the west!

What Zong Han wants is not to repel the southern army in the west, but to completely defeat or even destroy the army and kill the generals, then he Lou will give Zong Han such a result! (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)

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